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Centreville
Wilkinson County, Mississippi
ZipCodes
39631
History & History-related items
The birth and death of a World War II Army Camp - Camp Van Dorn
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Attractions
Camp Van Dorn Museum
138 East Main Street
Post Office Box 1113
Centreville, MS 39631
Phone: 601-645-9000
Open Monday-Friday 10am-4pm
1st & 3rd Saturdays 10am-4pm
NOTED NOTABLES
Ann Moody - a civil rights activist who was born in Wilkinson County on 15 September 1940. Even as a child, she had a desire for a better life and social reform for African-Americans in Mississippi. She wrote a book entitled Mr. Death in 1975, but is most noted for her autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi that describes her life growing up in Centreville with the problems and difficulties she faced, her work as a civil rights activist and her eventual exit from the south.
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